It has been greater than 45 days since Samsung delayed the discharge of its Galaxy Fold, and the cellphone’s launch is trying as precarious as ever. In Could, Samsung stated it mounted the display points some reviewers had been experiencing with preproduction items, however that is the final replace the corporate introduced. If the Fold falls by means of, nevertheless, Samsung followers ready for a large-screen cellphone might must shift their sights on the successor to the Word 9. The machine, which is assumed to be known as the Word 10, is predicted someday this 12 months, and rumors in regards to the machine are already popping up.
Although Samsung has a few premium telephones underneath its belt (the Fold, for instance, will price $2,000 if and when it is ultimately launched), Word telephones stand out as a part of Samsung’s ultra-luxe line. The primary Galaxy Word launched in 2011 and the handsets are often outfitted with an expansive display, an embedded good stylus known as an S Pen and top-of-the-line hardware. Briefly, the Word represents Samsung’s best-of-the-best.
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For that purpose, it is no shock there was loads of anticipation and curiosity surrounding the cellphone. Might it have 5G connectivity just like the Galaxy S10 5G, or will it function a swivel selfie digital camera just like the Galaxy A80? Maybe the Word 10 will probably be one of many two foldable telephones Samsung stated it could launch after the Galaxy Fold.
Samsung’s announcement timeline for the Word is not super-consistent — it is launched Word telephones within the winter, summer season and fall months. Recently, nevertheless, the corporate has caught to a summer season unveiling, so an August launch date is feasible. Till Samsung formally says one thing although, we have rounded up essentially the most intriguing, possible and compelling rumors we have heard in regards to the Word 10 thus far.
Rumored: The Word 10 might not have a headphone jack
Citing a supply who’s “acquainted with the corporate’s plans,” Android Police reported that Samsung might miss the headphone jack on the Word 10. This may be a significant shift in design, since Galaxy telephones are one of many few premium telephones to nonetheless embody the beloved three.5mm audio port. The outlet additionally reported that Samsung might substitute bodily buttons for the quantity and energy with pressure-sensitive edges, much like the Pixel three and HTC U11.
The Word 9 has a 6.Four-inch display.
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Rumored: The Word 10 might have a 6.66-inch show
Samsung’s Word telephones often have generously sized shows to accommodate the S Pen stylus and stand out as a productiveness machine. Rumors report that the latest iteration may have the most important display but at 6.66 inches, in accordance with tech weblog website igeekphone. Evaluate that to the Word 9, which has a 6.Four-inch display.
This does not essentially imply the general footprint of the cellphone will get greater although. As bezels get thinner and phone-makers are getting extra resourceful about relocating the front-facing digital camera, the Word 10 may as properly be the identical bodily measurement because the Word 9, however nonetheless have a much bigger show.
Rumored: The cellphone might have a 19:9 facet ratio
Since we’re on the subject of display adjustments, Dutch tech website Mobielkopen reported that the Word 10 will strut a brand new 19:9 facet ratio. This is not totally shocking provided that the Galaxy S10 additionally has a 19:9 show. And in case you are questioning, the present Word 9 has an 18.5:9 ratio.
Rumored: The Word 10 might have an enormous, large battery
Supposedly leaked images and stories from a few publications, together with tech information websites BGR and SamMobile, are saying that the Word 10 might sport an enormous, Four,300-mAh battery. This may be notably bigger than the Word 9’s Four,000-mAh battery and the Four,100-mAh Galaxy S10 Plus.
Rumored: There could also be two (or 4!) Word 10s
Are two Word 10 fashions a risk?
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The Galaxy S10 has three different variants of itself (S10 Plus, S10E and Galaxy S10 5G), so it would not be a shock if, for the primary time, Samsung determined to make multiple mannequin of the Word 10.
The rumored variations is a 6.28-inch Word 10 and a bigger 6.75-inch cellphone, in accordance with South Korean information website ETNews. As talked about earlier than, different fashions with LTE or 5G connectivity are additionally speculated, which might be a grand whole of 4 Word 10 variants.
Rumored: Word 10 may not have any buttons
As some high-end telephones transfer the fingerprint reader buttons from the floor of the cellphone to beneath the show, a cellphone with none bodily buttons will not be a far-reaching idea. Not less than, that is what may occur with the Word 10, in accordance with ETNews.
Citing “trade sources,” the positioning stories that the Word 10 may make use of Pressure Contact expertise, developed by NDT. In lieu of buttons, the cellphone’s edges may register completely different levels of pressure relying on how arduous you press down, which might assist you to activate the cellphone or modify the quantity on a clean, flat floor. Just lately, NDT labored with Vivo to develop the Vivo iQ00 gaming cellphone. Additional, Vivo was rumored again in January to develop a keyless cellphone as properly.
ETNews additionally predicts that Samsung will apply a buttonless design to different, extra midrange Galaxy fashions, along with the Word 10.
Rumored: The S Pen may have a digital camera of its personal
The S Pen might include its personal digital camera.
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Do not depend on solely the cellphone getting updates. The standard embedded stylus may get new options too, as with the Word 9 launch when Samsung up to date the S Pen so it could remotely set off the cellphone’s digital camera shutter.
This time round, rumors are going round that the Word 10’s S Pen may have a digital camera inside, in accordance with tech weblog Patently Cellular. Samsung apparently filed a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Workplace for an “electrical pen machine” that is “mounted on digital units, corresponding to good telephones.” The cellphone could have a digital camera with an “optical zooming perform.”
Rumored: The cellphone may have 4 rear cameras
The Galaxy S10 5G already has 4 rear cameras, so why word the Word 10?
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Just like the Galaxy S10 5G, the Word 10 may have 4 cameras on the again, in accordance with tech weblog website Sam Cellular. The outlet did not cite any particular sources besides that it is what “they heard,” so take this rumor, in addition to all others, with a grain of salt.
Regardless of the tenuous proof, a quad-camera setup on the Word 10 is not too on the market. As talked about earlier, it presently exists proper now on the Galaxy S10 5G and the Word 10 could have much more room to suit such a digital camera system. Plus, the Word sequence is often Samsung’s most premium line so the corporate can be constant to outfit it with essentially the most tech.
Initially printed April 20, 2019
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